Dressed in a pair of paperbag waisted striped trousers, Robin utilised the boob-cupping trend to protect her modesty as she posed in front of a neutral background.

The actress wore loose waves in her short blonde hair and rocked natural glowing make-up.

In other pics from the spread, Robin showed off her legs in an oversized knitted jumper dress.

Robin plays the First Lady to Kevin Spacey's President Frank Underwood in Netflix's House of Cards, which is returning on May 30 for its fifth series.

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With Claire breaking the fourth wall at the end of series four, she is fast becoming as important as her POTUS husband.

But in real life, Robin discovered she was being paid less than Kevin for the hit political show.

Speaking to The Edit, the actress and mum-of-two said: "I was told that I was getting equal pay and I believed them, and I found out recently that it’s not true... so that’s something to investigate.

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"Claire and Francis are equivalent as far as their power, their union and the plot. I may not have as many scenes or words as Francis, but Claire doesn’t need to verbalise as much. Francis is an orator, a poet, a demonstrator.

"Claire is an [ego] that sits in the back and directs him, but they are partners on the same plane."

According to estimates made by Huffington Post, Spacey earned around £500,000 an episode between series 3 and 4, while Robin was on roughly £80,000 less.

Robin is set to appear in the Wonder Woman live action film alongside Gal Gadot as General Antiope, while she will also star in Blade Runner 2049.